Can we cancel Open Streets?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

It may not be racist but it is also not accurate. Have you ever participated in an Open Streets event? Your claim is patently false. Attempting to exploit racial tensions based on false statements may or may not be racist, but it is not a good look.

Google footage of Open Streets on Georgia Ave. the crowd is overwhelmingly white even though ward 4 is anything but.

Even if this is true, what’s your point? All public events must meet racial quotas or they are cancelled? The worst part of you is that I guarantee you do not actually give a sh*t about actual black people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still trying to wrap my head around the fact that of all the myriad things we could fault DC goverment for, OP thinks it is block parties that are the big issue? Lololol.

It creates massive traffic jams. That’s why people hate open streets. Thank goodness the city has heard the complaints and it’s scaling them back. Just two events this year, down from six last year. Open streets is on its way out…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Open Streets doesn't occur often enough to encourage a change in thinking or behavior. It's too bad we can't do this once a month instead of twice a year.

I was thinking that too. A lot of places have weekly/montly events where they close the streets, like “First Fridays.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still trying to wrap my head around the fact that of all the myriad things we could fault DC goverment for, OP thinks it is block parties that are the big issue? Lololol.

It creates massive traffic jams. That’s why people hate open streets. Thank goodness the city has heard the complaints and it’s scaling them back. Just two events this year, down from six last year. Open streets is on its way out…

No it doesn’t create “massive traffic jams.”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Still trying to wrap my head around the fact that of all the myriad things we could fault DC goverment for, OP thinks it is block parties that are the big issue? Lololol.

It creates massive traffic jams. That’s why people hate open streets. Thank goodness the city has heard the complaints and it’s scaling them back. Just two events this year, down from six last year. Open streets is on its way out…

I suppose we should cancel the Inauguration, 4th of July, every holiday parade, all block parties.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Open Streets doesn't occur often enough to encourage a change in thinking or behavior. It's too bad we can't do this once a month instead of twice a year.

We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and still barely anyone uses them. Maybe the public isn’t interested in what you’re selling

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Open Streets doesn't occur often enough to encourage a change in thinking or behavior. It's too bad we can't do this once a month instead of twice a year.

We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and still barely anyone uses them. Maybe the public isn’t interested in what you’re selling

between this and massive traffic jams I'm wondering...is there a word for someone repeating the same tired false statements over and over. It keeps us from ever having real debates

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Open Streets doesn't occur often enough to encourage a change in thinking or behavior. It's too bad we can't do this once a month instead of twice a year.

We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and still barely anyone uses them. Maybe the public isn’t interested in what you’re selling

Get a different hobby. You’re pathetic. Jeff doesn’t do content-based banning but I wish he’d make an exception for you. You add nothing at all to the discussion and are hell bent on destroying any use of public space that is different at all. For some reason you take it as some kind of offense to your personal rights to have everything stay the same. You’re so crabbed and unhappy that the sight of people enjoying something you can’t enjoy makes you loathsomely unhappy. You’re Scrooge, but for children on bicycles. You better reassess your Bah Humbug before the Angel of Open Streets Future’s predictions come true for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone I know *hates* it. It’s not worth making life difficult for tens or hundreds of thousands of people because five Bernie bros want to ride their bike down the middle of the street.

“Bernie Bros” have nothing to do with open streets. I am a female “Bernie Bro” and I can’t stand bike riders who ride their bikes in the middle of the street.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no shortage of public space for “community events” in this town. Nearly a quarter of the city’s land is considered green space. Washington’s park system has been ranked the best in the nation for years running. There is no other reason to close any street except as a weird flex from the bike fetish cult. It’s all quite bizarre. It’s like years of rage built up over questionable life and career choices and bubbles up in weird ways.

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Anonymous wrote:Open Streets doesn't occur often enough to encourage a change in thinking or behavior. It's too bad we can't do this once a month instead of twice a year.

We’ve had bike lanes for 15 years and still barely anyone uses them. Maybe the public isn’t interested in what you’re selling

Hello again, do you have dementia? You said this before and others responded that actually they are widely used and for instance the rental bike program is having its highest volume year every this year as an example. Just because you don't drive out of ward 3 (which has almost no lanes) and you spend scarce time jn other parts doesn't mean you have just plug your fingers in your ear and go "nahnahnahnahnah" about cyclists.

[Anonymous]

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jsteele wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

It may not be racist but it is also not accurate. Have you ever participated in an Open Streets event? Your claim is patently false. Attempting to exploit racial tensions based on false statements may or may not be racist, but it is not a good look.

Google footage of Open Streets on Georgia Ave. the crowd is overwhelmingly white even though ward 4 is anything but.

Even if this is true, what’s your point? All public events must meet racial quotas or they are cancelled? The worst part of you is that I guarantee you do not actually give a sh*t about actual black people.

If the people benefitting from open streets are mostly white (the ones walking down the middle of the street) and the people bearing the burden of open streets (the ones sitting in gridlock in surrounding neighborhoods) are mostly black and brown, that seems important, doesn’t it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

It may not be racist but it is also not accurate. Have you ever participated in an Open Streets event? Your claim is patently false. Attempting to exploit racial tensions based on false statements may or may not be racist, but it is not a good look.

Google footage of Open Streets on Georgia Ave. the crowd is overwhelmingly white even though ward 4 is anything but.

Even if this is true, what’s your point? All public events must meet racial quotas or they are cancelled? The worst part of you is that I guarantee you do not actually give a sh*t about actual black people.

If the people benefitting from open streets are mostly white (the ones walking down the middle of the street) and the people bearing the burden of open streets (the ones sitting in gridlock in surrounding neighborhoods) are mostly black and brown, that seems important, doesn’t it?

Except you're lying about that. And you're completely disgusting and I think Jeff should start deleting your posts now. Using race relations as a way to continue to perseverate on your weird campaign against bicycles and public space use is just very wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:These crowds of people blocking the streets shows that nobody likes it is a real weird take.

My kids loved biking Georgia Ave (before it got too crowded) and we visited businesses (book store, restaurant) that we otherwise wouldn't have.

If you want to go to a new book store or restaurant, you could just go do it — like, today. There’s no need to close major roads on a Saturday, when half the city is trying to move around, in order for you to leave your neighborhood.

The major roads are closed today, though. By cars and their drivers. The nice thing about open streets is that the roads are open.

There are more cars in this city than households. Sorry but that’s how people choose to get around. We can’t dedicate all of our public resources to you and the 12 other white guys who are super into bicycles.

The whole idea of Open Streets is to imagine a new way of using streets so they aren’t solely devoted to cars. To encourage other ways of getting around so we don’t have more cars than households.

And we all need to work hard to lower our collective carbon footprint; everyone must do their part.

Or, are sane people seriously opposed to that??

Yes, the way to fight climate change is to create traffic jams

The way to fight climate change, or at least one of the ways, is to make it safe, comfortable, and convenient for people to go places without a car. You should try it some time!

All these empty bikes lanes suggest this approach has failed.

I don’t know where you’re looking, but most of the bike lanes on the ride between my office are full of cars. Parked, double parked, driving like it’s a car lane… one lane had the flexible divider things driven over within a week or 2 of them being installed. The infrastructure is great but without enforcement, it’s no safer to bike than it was before the bike lanes were installed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are there only white people at open streets?

That’s not true. That’s made up by mentally ill OP who thinks it’s acceptable to use false accusations of racism to “win” an argument.

It’s not racist to point out that 99 percent of the people at open streets are white

It may not be racist but it is also not accurate. Have you ever participated in an Open Streets event? Your claim is patently false. Attempting to exploit racial tensions based on false statements may or may not be racist, but it is not a good look.

Google footage of Open Streets on Georgia Ave. the crowd is overwhelmingly white even though ward 4 is anything but.

Even if this is true, what’s your point? All public events must meet racial quotas or they are cancelled? The worst part of you is that I guarantee you do not actually give a sh*t about actual black people.

If the people benefitting from open streets are mostly white (the ones walking down the middle of the street) and the people bearing the burden of open streets (the ones sitting in gridlock in surrounding neighborhoods) are mostly black and brown, that seems important, doesn’t it?

Oh no everyone, panic please. There is YOGA HAPPENING IN THESE STREETS. And the ladies doing it are wearing... YOGA PANTS!